It seemed like a routine play when sophomore quarterback Charlie Brewer took the snap and handed the ball off to sophomore running back Trestan Ebner late in the second quarter of the Bears’ win over UTSA on Saturday.
When Brewer took off down the sideline, however, the UTSA defense was caught off guard. Ebner swung the ball to sophomore receiver Jared Atkinson, who threw the second pass of his career to Brewer for a 36-yard gain.
The play had shades of the 2018 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles’ trick play, the “Philly Special,” in which quarterback Nick Foles caught a touchdown pass on a fourth-and-goal in the second quarter of Super Bowl LII.